art

The Maestro's Loss (2012)

Site area: 
short fiction
Courbet - The Desperate Man

'The Maestro is a world-famous man of letters, renowned for his soaring talent and iron discipline. But one afternoon, a lapse in self-control causes him to lose the precious object that lies behind his genius...'

Posted on January 3rd, 2012

An Interview with Ryan Trecartin (2011)

Site area: 
arts
Trecartin

On August 31st I interviewed the artist Ryan Trecartin in New York city. Katie Kitamura participated virtually in this interview. Hence the composite K/K identity. Trecartin's video work is some of the most important and exciting art being made in the US today. Below is a 1500 word edit of a very long conversation, made in collaboration with the artist.

Posted on November 1st, 2011

Ai Weiwei: Where we are, he is too. Where he is, we are with him (2011)

Site area: 
arts
Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn

 As I write, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been in detention for 51 days and 6 hours. I know this so precisely because someone who goes by the handle loveaiww has placed a counter on the web. On the door of my apartment is a poster with a silhouette of Ai, made from a photograph taken during a period when he was interested in getting (and giving) weird haircuts.

Posted on July 6th, 2011

1001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei (April 17th 2011)

Site area: 
society
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei

 Ai Weiwei has not been seen since April 3rd. Here are a few images from today's shambolic but well-attended protest outside the Consulate of the PRC in Manhattan. 

Posted on April 17th, 2011

Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present

Site area: 
arts
Abramovic poster

 I wrote about #foursquare, religious ecstasy, court masque, crying, money and the cult of Marina Abramovic for Mute magazine.

Posted on June 12th, 2010

Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009

Site area: 
arts
Denes wheatfield

Judging by Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009 (Barbican, now until 18th October 2009), Nature (with a capital N) is in crisis. It’s not just the familiar ecological message of the show – that the planet is fragile and we’re not helping matters – but something more unsettling, almost uncanny. It feels like Nature is shrinking.

Posted on August 5th, 2009
© Hari Kunzu | supported by Openmute